Man robbed at gunpoint in bank parking lot

A 63-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint in a bank parking lot Monday afternoon as he was trying to make a deposit, police said.

The employee of a local department store pulled his Chevy Suburban into the Bank of America lot in the 5300 block of South Staples Street about 1 p.m. to drop off the store's deposits when two men approached his vehicle, Corpus Christi Police Lt. Bill Breedlove said.

He rolled down the window and one of the men who approached the car pointed a gun at him and demanded he get out of the vehicle, Breedlove said. The men drove off in the Suburban, which later was discovered on Curtis Clark Drive -- less than two miles away.

"The two abandoned the car and left on foot," Breedlove said.

The store employee was not injured, he said.

Breedlove said he did not know how much money was in the vehicle, but the two men left the store deposits in the Suburban.

Police are investigating and are asking anyone who might have seen the crime to come forward.

"There was one witness," Breedlove said. "But at that time of day, there should be more who come forward. The victim -- all he said he saw was the gun, it was so big."